The iniquity of that law was that there was no trial by jury. and it convulsed the conscience of this country. How did Judge Lacombe. the United States circuit judge in the city of New York. dispose of a case of this kind under the act of 1892? He performed the administrative and political duties of his judicial office. but finding that. owing to the imperfections of the act of 1892. no particular officer was authorized to deport the Chinese person and no funds provided for this purpose. he issued an order. ironical. though perhaps notso intended. (I think I can state its substance correctly). that this Chinese can go. he is set at large. to be deported when the United States furnishes the instrumentality for that purpose. Mr. President. it was nearly one hundred years ago when the only precedent for this legislation found a place on our statute books.
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